Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Refuge Mission (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Refuge Mission. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Refuge Mission is located in Montgomery County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery County: Anson, Davidson, Moore, Randolph, Richmond & Stanly.
Below are the counties that are near Refuge Mission. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Refuge Mission:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Refuge Mission)
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Troy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Ophir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Wadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Abner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Biscoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allreds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Blaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Ether
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
- Asbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Mount Gilead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Ansonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Burnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Sugar Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Lilesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wadesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Polkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Cabarrus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Georgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Rimer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Chatham County
- Bennett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Complex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Handy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Denton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Cedar Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Southmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Cotton Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Dover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Eagle Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jugtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jugtown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Zion Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Zion Grove is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Robbins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Springs
- Seven Lakes
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seven Lakes is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Harris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- West End
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Foxfire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foxfire is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
- Parkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Taylortown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Carthage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Eleazer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Seagrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Michfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Michfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michfield
- Yow Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yow Mill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yow Mill
- Mechanic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Asheboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coleridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coleridge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleridge
- Central Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Central Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Falls
- Cedar Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Falls is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Franklinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ramseur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Millboro is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millboro
- Randleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Mangum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Norman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Ellerbe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Morgan Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Pooletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Gold Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Craven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rockwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Timbercreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Badin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Palmerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Albemarle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Norwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- New London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Plyer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Millingport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Misenheimer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Oakboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Refuge Mission, see our County-by-County Page for Refuge Mission.
Cemeteries Near Refuge Mission ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Refuge Mission.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Refuge Mission - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Refuge Mission covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Troy.
- The Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Shiloh Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991197 <3>
- Love Joy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zoar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Long Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McRae Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chisolm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (100 more) ...
- Allen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ropers Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haywood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Refuge Mission in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Refuge Mission.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Refuge Mission, with the one closest to Refuge Mission listed first.
- Troy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Uwharrie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Uwharrie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uwharrie
- Okeewemee
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Okeewemee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okeewemee
- Ophir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Wadeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Immer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Immer is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immer
- Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Onvil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Onvil is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onvil
- Eleazer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allreds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Blaine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Palmerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Pinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson
- Ether
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ether is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ether
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Refuge Mission. See our List of 1890's Communities around Refuge Mission.
Newspapers Published in Refuge Mission ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Refuge Mission.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Refuge Mission, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Refuge Mission.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Refuge Mission:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Cabarrus County
- Chatham County
- Davidson County
- Moore County
- Randolph County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Refuge Mission) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Refuge Mission, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |